A reanalysis of the New York State prenatal diagnosis data on Down's syndrome and paternal age effects
β Scribed by Eeva Stene; Jon Stene; Sabine Stengel-Rutkowski
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 430 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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